The writer will visit the Art Van Furniture location at 4375 28th St. SE at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 17. He is scheduled to speak for 30 minutes, and begin signing books at 8 p.m. Copies of "The Time Keeper" will be available for purchase at the event.

It's not the first bestseller for Albom - his books "Have a Little Faith," "Tuesdays with Morrie," "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" and "For One More Day" have sold more than 30 million copies, and been made into TV movies.